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... fuch of his writings , as are most popular , and deferve to be fo ; fuch as his pieces on Govern- ment , Trade , Liberty , and Education . No man understands the world better ; or reafons more clearly on thofe fubjects , in which that ...
... fuch of his writings , as are most popular , and deferve to be fo ; fuch as his pieces on Govern- ment , Trade , Liberty , and Education . No man understands the world better ; or reafons more clearly on thofe fubjects , in which that ...
Pagina 6
... fuch , are wifely laid afide , by the easy mo- derns . Nay , the very notion of Dia- logue , fuch as it was in the politeft ages of antiquity , is fo little comprehended in our days , that I queftion much , if these papers were to fall ...
... fuch , are wifely laid afide , by the easy mo- derns . Nay , the very notion of Dia- logue , fuch as it was in the politeft ages of antiquity , is fo little comprehended in our days , that I queftion much , if these papers were to fall ...
Pagina 7
... fuch critics , you , who know me , will accept this recital , made in my own way , and pretty much as it paffed . You may well be trufted to make your own conclufions from what is offered on either fide of the argument , and will need ...
... fuch critics , you , who know me , will accept this recital , made in my own way , and pretty much as it paffed . You may well be trufted to make your own conclufions from what is offered on either fide of the argument , and will need ...
Pagina 11
... other , it might be of real advantage to them , at least it might ferve their reputation with the people , to spend fome years in voyages , to fuch such countries as were in the highest fame for their FOREIGN TRAVEL .
... other , it might be of real advantage to them , at least it might ferve their reputation with the people , to spend fome years in voyages , to fuch such countries as were in the highest fame for their FOREIGN TRAVEL .
Pagina 16
... fuch im- provements . The state of Europe at that time was not unlike what I obferved of the old world , when knowledge was in few hands , and the exclufive property , as it were , of particular perfons . So that it was to be travelled ...
... fuch im- provements . The state of Europe at that time was not unlike what I obferved of the old world , when knowledge was in few hands , and the exclufive property , as it were , of particular perfons . So that it was to be travelled ...
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Pagina 265 - Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made hell grant what love did seek. Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Pagina 264 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Pagina 260 - And without more words you will readily apprehend that the fancies of our modern bards are not only more gallant, but, on a change of the scene, more sublime, more terrible, more alarming than those of the classic fablers. In a word, you will find that the manners they paint, and the superstitions they adopt, are the more poetical for being Gothic.
Pagina 263 - Yet we see thro' all his poetry, where his enthusiasm flames out most, a certain predilection for the legends of chivalry before the fables of Greece. This circumstance, you know, has given offence to the austerer and more mechanical critics.
Pagina 304 - THUS, in the poet's world, all is marvellous and extraordinary; yet not unnatural in one fenfe, as it agrees to the conceptions that are readily entertained of thefe magical and wonder-working natures. THIS trite maxim of following "Nature is further miftaken, in applying it indifcriminately to all forts of poetry.
Pagina 145 - America, and at the Cape of Good Hope. He may then examine how she appears...
Pagina 272 - ... ideas of Unity, which have no place here; and are in every view foreign to the...
Pagina 300 - They think it enough, if they can but bring you to imagine the possibility of them.
Pagina 302 - Men of cold fancies and philosophical dispositions object to this kind of poetry, that it has not probability enough to affect the imagination. But to this it may be answered, that we are sure, in general, there are many intellectual beings in the World besides ourselves, and several species of spirits...
Pagina 269 - ... for all their grievances. This was the real practice, in the days of pure and ancient chivalry. And an image of this practice was afterwards kept up in the...